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Climate and Sustainability
The newly released IPCC report makes the state of the climate crisis unambiguously clear. Tackling this systemic threat to our planet and human rights requires a complete rewiring – not just of individual behaviour but of our underlying economic models, policy commitments, legal and regulatory frameworks, and political leadership. Creative Bureaucrats are leading the way.
Designing for a Sustainable Planet B (Thu, 16 Sep, 12:00-12:50): From rural-urban circularity through renewable urban energy infrastructure, alternative financial mechanisms and sustainable supply chains – hear about promising innovations from the grassroots up. This session is part of our 5-part series in partnership with the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt’s ‘RISE Cities’ programme.
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Net Zero – The Utopian Vision, but How Do We Get There? (Thu, 16 Sep, 14:00-14:25): This session explores how you go beyond a vision on paper, get commitment from all interest groups, harness the resources, change the rules, incentives and organizational structures as well as individual behaviours to turn a crucial idea into a lived experience.
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Timber Construction: Sustainable or Resource-Draining? (Thu, 16 Sep, 10:30-10:55): Is timber construction the solution to all (climate) problems? Or is wood becoming a luxury good that fewer and fewer people can afford due to increasing demand? And what do municipality have to consider when building with wood?
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